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Has anyone got it to work with the GOG version? Judging by this video here it makes the game sound way better:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYHDTuEnOYk

I tried following this video here about it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_5RWxHHVvE) but I'm either too tired or just too stupid to understand it. Can anyone explain how to get it working, as if you were teaching a 5 year old?
Yes the game sounds great with Roland (Munt emulator).

So how far did you get with that video? Do you have the Munt emulator already installed, and have obtained the Roland MT-32 and/or CM-32L PCM and control ROMs?

The video seemed quite good in explaining what one needs to do, the main thing might be how to tell the game itself (Red Baron) to use Roland MIDI for music and sound effects. That last step depends on the game, as different DOS games have different ways to setup the audio part (quite often running something like setup.exe, install.exe, setsound.exe or similar within DOSBox; some games autodetect it or let you choose it from within the game), and unfortunately with some games GOG has removed the sound setup program in which case you need to edit some game config file directly.

I can look into it more when I get home. Or, let me know if you already figured it out by yourself.
Post edited January 11, 2019 by timppu
The easiest way to do it is to get dosbox-ece (https://blog.yesterplay80.net/dosbox-ece-en/). You'll then have to get the roland roms for it to work, of course.
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timppu: Yes the game sounds great with Roland (Munt emulator).

So how far did you get with that video? Do you have the Munt emulator already installed, and have obtained the Roland MT-32 and/or CM-32L PCM and control ROMs?

The video seemed quite good in explaining what one needs to do, the main thing might be how to tell the game itself (Red Baron) to use Roland MIDI for music and sound effects. That last step depends on the game, as different DOS games have different ways to setup the audio part (quite often running something like setup.exe, install.exe, setsound.exe or similar within DOSBox; some games autodetect it or let you choose it from within the game), and unfortunately with some games GOG has removed the sound setup program in which case you need to edit some game config file directly.

I can look into it more when I get home. Or, let me know if you already figured it out by yourself.
I've got as far as step 4, with the Munt emulator up and running, but in this vid there's a convenient settings program that does the final tweak to enable the emulator, which Red Baron just doesn't have. The video guy mentions he shows the manual way to do it in his Wing commander 2 video, which I checked out here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwWeN_2DL8k

but in that one, he goes into dosbox and types dir to open the directory, and when you do that for Red Baron, it doesn't notice the same install files in the folder even though they are there, so I've hit a roadblock at the very last step. It's driving me crazy getting so close with no luck!
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YaGramps: I've got as far as step 4
Ok so you have Munt set up now and enabled DOSBox to use MIDI, and now what is left is telling the game itself to produce MT-32 MIDI music (instead of the default Adlib/Soundblaster music).

Check out this discussion:

https://www.gog.com/forum/red_baron_pack/unable_to_run_installation_file_to_change_settings_for_rb1/page1

It seems the GOG version of Red Baron is missing one file that is needed for running the install (configuration) program to change the game sound card settings. In that discussion, I asked the guy to share that missing file but he hasn't replied.
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YaGramps: I've got as far as step 4
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timppu: Ok so you have Munt set up now and enabled DOSBox to use MIDI, and now what is left is telling the game itself to produce MT-32 MIDI music (instead of the default Adlib/Soundblaster music).

Check out this discussion:

https://www.gog.com/forum/red_baron_pack/unable_to_run_installation_file_to_change_settings_for_rb1/page1

It seems the GOG version of Red Baron is missing one file that is needed for running the install (configuration) program to change the game sound card settings. In that discussion, I asked the guy to share that missing file but he hasn't replied.
Yeah I read that one, and after posting in here thought 'what the hell, it couldn't hurt' and contacted support about the file. In less than an hour they'd sent it through to me. Renaming it to jpeg/jpg won't work with uploading here sadly, but for anyone that wants the crucial missing file, I've put it up here: http://s000.tinyupload.com/index.php?file_id=03226505158018473369

Can confirm Red Baron now runs with silky smooth MT-32 audio :)
Post edited July 17, 2019 by YaGramps